Yet its subject headlines tell us very little about why voters are concerned about each topic.
Throughout his career, Mr. Rubin's work has often been the subject of national headlines and has been instrumental in raising key issues to the national spotlight.
And in Haiti, an ad agency has seized on the controversy as the ideal moment to try to promote what is great about the country, launching a GoFundMe page to raise funds for a marketing campaign for the Caribbean nation in the U.S. "Recently Haiti has become the subject of headline news.
Last week, the subject hit headlines when it was reported that only nine men are registered as donors a year after the opening of Britain's national sperm bank.
The BBC said tabloid stories about his private life had "made him the subject of headlines rather than a commentator on them".
"We are being subjected to headline after headline, interview after interview, extolling the horrors of what happens if the debt ceiling isn't raised," said Hank Smith, Haverford's chief investment officer of equity.
Woods did not pay much attention to a crowd that displayed mostly admiration and adoration for a golfer who remains the subject of headlines for his admitted extramarital affairs.
The case has attracted wide attention, in part because of the well-documented legal troubles of Dr. Lederman, who became the subject of headlines around the world when he was sued by the widow of George Harrison of the Beatles.
But occasionally the subject produces headlines, as it did two months ago when Democratic members of the Texas Legislature fled to Oklahoma to avoid creating a quorum to address the issue.
Pini Gershon, the head coach of Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv, became the subject of headlines and punchlines after he refused to leave the court after being ejected from an exhibition loss to the Knicks.
How does he think he might cope with the kind of stick that his predecessor attracted: followed on holiday, and subject to headlines describing him as Britain's most hated man.
